Faculty Profile

Joy D. Lind, Ph.D.

Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Joy Lind graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1998 with a Ph.D. in Mathematics and M.S. in Operations Research. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Sioux Falls in Sioux Falls, S.D. Prior to joining the USF faculty in 2008, Dr. Lind was employed at the companies Avaya and Level 3 Communications as an Operations Research Analyst, Senior IT Project Manager, Process Manager, Business Partner, and Service Level Manager. Dr. Lind is certified as a Project Management Professional (P.M.P.). In June 2011, she was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation, for the project entitled STEM Real World Applications of Mathematics. The partner schools on the grant are the University of Sioux Falls, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of South Carolina, University of California - San Diego, Brigham Young University, and State University of New York at Brockport. Dr. Lind has presented at various regional and national mathematics conferences and is published in several well-respected mathematical journals including Discrete Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Programming.

Education

Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Kentucky, 1998

M.S., Operations Research, University of Kentucky, 1995

B.A., Mathematics, Transylvania University, 1993

Courses Taught

MAT310 - Calculus III

MAT304 - Linear Algebra

MAT204 - Calculus I

MAT201 - Calculus for Applications

MAT221 -

MAT151 - Nature of Mathematics

MAT112 - College Algebra & Trig

COM310 - Information Systems Analysis

COM104 - Computer Solutions

BUS335 - Operations Management

Professional Memberships

Mathematical Association of America

From the MAA Mission Statement: The Mathematical Association of America is the largest professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Our members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists; statisticians; and many others in academia, government, business, and industry. We welcome all who are interested in the mathematical sciences.

The mission of the MAA is "to advance the mathematical sciences, especially at the collegiate level."

Research

Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Kentucky, 1996-97

Developed a branch-and-bound algorithm for solving the Constrained Maximum-Entropy Sampling Problem, then implemented the algorithm on the University of Kentucky 32-processor Exemplar Supercomputer.

Developed and proposed a policy and implementation for the improved performance of the University of Kentucky bus system. The University implemented this, and has had very good results.